##@@%%*=^. .^=*%%@@##
@@%*=..... .....=*%@@
@@@@%%*=^. .^=*%%@@@@
@@%**^.... ....^**%@@
@@@%%%*=^. .^=*%%%@@@
@@%%*^^^.. THE HONEY IS A CONDENSATION OF A THICK ..^^^*%%@@
#@@@%%*=^. LIQUID, INHERENT TO ALL MAZES. .^=*%%@@@#
##@@%%*=^. .^=*%%@@##
##@@%%*=^. ######################################## .^=*%%@@##
@@%%%%*=^. ........................................ .^=*%%%%@@
@@@@%%*=^. .^=*%%@@@@
@@@%*^.... MAINLY COLLECTED BY THE LIZARDFOLK OF ....^*%@@@
@%=....... THE KIRUGU VARGIR DESERT, IN THE .......=%@
@%%%%%*=^. UNDERLYING TUNNELS. IT'S USE AND .^=*%%%%%@
@@%*^^.... POSSESSION IS ILLEGAL WITHIN THE CITY. ....^^*%@@
#@@@%%*=^. .^=*%%@@@#
##@@@%*=^. .^=*%@@@##
@@%%%=^... ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ ...^=%%%@@
@@%%*^.... ^ PROPERTIES ^ ....^*%%@@
@@@@%%*=^. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ .^=*%%@@@@
#@@@%%*=^. .^=*%%@@@#
#@@@%%*=^. THE HONEY IS A REDDISH AMBER, VERY .^=*%%@@@#
#@@@%%*=^. VISCOUS (BUT STILL POURABLE). IT SMELLS .^=*%%@@@#
@@%%==^^.. SLIGHTLY OF EUCALYPTUS, AND HAS A ..^^==%%@@
@%%**==... MOSTLY BITTER TASTE. ...==**%%@
#@@@%%*=^. .^=*%%@@@#
@@%%*===^. IT'S HIGHLY ADDICTIVE, AND POSSESS .^===*%%@@
@@@%%%*=^. STRONG PSYCHOTROPIC EFFECTS. .^=*%%%@@@
@%*=...... ......=*%@
@%*=...... ......=*%@
@@%%%%*=^. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ .^=*%%%%@@
@%%%%%*=^. ^ COLLECTION ^ .^=*%%%%%@
@%%=^^^^^. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ .^^^^^=%%@
@@@@%%*=^. .^=*%%@@@@
@%%*=^.... THE HONEY MATERIALIZES IN VACCUUMS ....^=*%%@
##@@%%*=^. WITHIN ANY LABYRINTHINE SPACE. THE MORE .^=*%%@@##
#@@@%%*=^. FOLDED AND AMBIGUOUS, THE FASTER IT .^=*%%@@@#
@@@@%%*=^. EMERGES. THE CAVERNOUS SYSTEMS UNDER .^=*%%@@@@
#@@@%%*=^. THE DESERT OF KIRUGU SERVES THIS .^=*%%@@@#
@@@@%%*=^. PURPOSE VERY WELL - THE LIZARDS USE .^=*%%@@@@
@%=^...... PUMPS TO EMPTY SMALL BOXES OR JARS OF ......^=%@
@@%%%=^... AIR, WHICH THEN ARE LEFT OVERNIGHT AND ...^=%%%@@
@@%%*^^^.. HARVESTED THE NEXT DAY. ..^^^*%%@@
##@@@%%=^. .^=%%@@@##
@@%==..... MOST SPACES ARE SOMEWHAT MAZELIKE, AND .....==%@@
@@%%%%*=^. IT'S NOT UNCOMMON FOR LIZARDS IN KIRUGU .^=*%%%%@@
@@%=^..... VESZELLE CITY TO KEEP A FEW JARS (OFTEN .....^=%@@
#@@@%%*=^. HANGED FROM THE CEILING IN METAL CROWNS .^=*%%@@@#
@@@@%%*=^. MADE FOR THIS PURPOSE). HOWEVER, THESE .^=*%%@@@@
#@@@%%*=^. MAY TAKE WEEKS TO FILL. .^=*%%@@@#
@%%=^^.... ....^^=%%@
#@@@%%*=^. .^=*%%@@@#
##@@%%*=^. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^ .^=*%%@@##
@@%%%*=^.. ^ AS A DRUG ^ ..^=*%%%@@
@%%*==.... ^^^^^^^^^^^^^ ....==*%%@
@@@%%%*=^. .^=*%%%@@@
#@@@%%*=^. . ONE SPOON . .^=*%%@@@#
@@@@%%*=^. ..... .^=*%%@@@@
#@@@%%*=^. THE DRUG IS USED BY THE LIZARDS IN .^=*%%@@@#
@%*^...... THESE SMALL (BUT OFTEN CONTINUOUS) ......^*%@
#@@@%%*=^. DOSES. THIS HEIGHTENS THE SENSES .^=*%%@@@#
@%**^..... SOMEWHAT BUT AT THE COST OF A LESSENED .....^**%@
@@%*==^... ABILITY TO MULTI-TASK - CONTEXT ...^==*%@@
@%*=^..... SWITCHING MIGHT TAKE LONGER AND BE MORE .....^=*%@
@%%*^..... CONFUSING. .....^*%%@
@@%=...... ......=%@@
#@@@%%*=^. .^=*%%@@@#
@%%==^.... . FOUR SPOONS . ....^==%%@
#@@@%%*=^. ..... .^=*%%@@@#
#@@@%%*=^. MULTITASKING BECOMES VERY HARD (THE .^=*%%@@@#
@%*=^^^... THOUGHT DOES NOT OCCUR). SENSES MORE ...^^^=*%@
#@@@%%*=^. ACUTE BUT "UNIMPORTANT" (IGNORED). .^=*%%@@@#
@%%=...... INNER PERCEPTIONS TAKE THE UPPER HAND, ......=%%@
##@@@%*=^. ABSTRACTION AND MEMORY FACULTIES ARE .^=*%@@@##
#@@@%%*=^. SHARPENED SEVERELY. SLIGHT TELEPATHY .^=*%%@@@#
@%%==..... (MOSTLY MOODS) WITH OTHER HONEY EATERS. .....==%%@
#@@@%%*=^. SENSE OF THIRST DISSAPPEARS. STILL EASY .^=*%%@@@#
@%%***=... TO MOVE AROUND THE BODY (IF SO ...=***%%@
##@@%%*=^. INCLINED). .^=*%%@@##
@%*^^..... .....^^*%@
#@@@%%*=^. .^=*%%@@@#
@@@@%%*=^. . SEVEN SPOONS . .^=*%%@@@@
@@%***^... ..... ...^***%@@
#@@@%%*=^. THE HONEY EATER BECOMES UNRESPONSIVE TO .^=*%%@@@#
#@@@%%*=^. NORMAL STIMULI, BUT ABLE TO OVERRIDE .^=*%%@@@#
@@%%=..... THEIR OWN SENSES WITH DREAMLIKE .....=%%@@
@%=....... IMAGERY. SHARING OF THOUGHTS WITH OTHER .......=%@
##@@@%%*^. EATERS, MOOD READING OF THOSE WHO STAY .^*%%@@@##
@%%=^..... SOBER (WORTH NOTING THAT THE THOUGHTS .....^=%%@
@@%=...... ARE VERY FRAGMENTED AND HARD TO ......=%@@
##@@%%*=^. DECIPHER, UNLESS YOU ARE AT A SIMILAR .^=*%%@@##
@@@@%%*=^. LEVEL OF SPOONS). AT THIS POINT THE .^=*%%@@@@
##@@@%*=^. BODY IS HARD TO MOVE, AND STARTS LOSING .^=*%@@@##
@%*****=^. WATER. .^=*****%@
@@%*^..... .....^*%@@
@@@@%%*=^. .^=*%%@@@@
#@@@%%*=^. . NINE SPOONS AND ABOVE . .^=*%%@@@#
#@@@%%*=^. ..... .^=*%%@@@#
@@@%*==^^. OVERDOSE. BODY LOSING WATER QUICKLY, .^^==*%@@@
@@%*^..... AND IS COMPLETELY UNABLE TO MOVE. THERE .....^*%@@
@@%%=..... IS INTERMITTENT THOUGHT SHARING WITH .....=%%@@
@@%*==.... SOBER PERSONS (ALTHOUGH ....==*%@@
#@@@%%*=^. UNINTELLIGIBLE). MEMEORIES ARE SHARDED .^=*%%@@@#
@@@%*=^... OR NOT FORMED. ...^=*%@@@
##@@@%*=^. .^=*%@@@##
@%%%%*^... ...^*%%%%@
##@@%%*=^. ^^^^^^^^^^^ .^=*%%@@##
@@@@%%*=^. ^ DANGERS ^ .^=*%%@@@@
@@%%%=.... ^^^^^^^^^^^ ....=%%%@@
@@@%%*^^.. ..^^*%%@@@
@@@%**==^. MOST DEATHS ARE DUE TO LOSS OF WATER - .^==**%@@@
@@%%=..... THIRST IS ONE OF THE LAST SENSES TO .....=%%@@
#@@@%%*=^. RESTABLE AFTER COMING DOWN, OFTEN GONE .^=*%%@@@#
@@@@%%*=^. FOR UP TO TWENTY FOUR HOURS. AT HIGHER .^=*%%@@@@
@@@@%%*=^. DOSES IT'S HARD TO MOVE, EVEN IF YOU .^=*%%@@@@
#@@@%%*=^. WOULD REMEMBER DRINKING (WHICH IS ALSO .^=*%%@@@#
@%%%%*^^.. MADE HARDER BY THE ATTENTION FOCUSING ..^^*%%%%@
@@@@%%*=^. PROPERTIES OF THE HONEY). .^=*%%@@@@
##@@%%*=^. .^=*%%@@##
#@@@%%*=^. PEOPLE ARE KNOWN TO SUFFER INJURIES .^=*%%@@@#
@@@@%%*=^. FROM BEING STILL IN UNFAVOURABLE .^=*%%@@@@
##@@%%*=^. CLIMATES FOR TOO LONG, SOMETIMES TO THE .^=*%%@@##
@%%===^... POINT OF DEATH. ANOTHER DANGER IS ...^===%%@
@@@%**=... ACTUALLY LOCOMOTION OF THE BODY... ...=**%@@@
@%**^..... WALKING AROUND IS STILL SOMEWHAT .....^**%@
@%%===^... POSSIBLE AFTER LOSING SIGHT, WHICH HAVE ...^===%%@
#@@@%%*=^. LEAD TO SEVEAL FALLS. ADDITIONALLY, .^=*%%@@@#
@%%*=^.... ROBBERIES OF THE INTOXICATED ARE COMMON. ....^=*%%@
@@@%%%*=^. .^=*%%%@@@
##@@%%*=^. LASTLY, ALBEIT VERY RARE, IT'S POSSIBLE .^=*%%@@##
@%***^.... TO DIE OF PURE OVERDOSE (ON THE SCALE ....^***%@
#@@@%%*=^. OF JARS OF HONEY) BEFORE BEING KILLED .^=*%%@@@#
#@@@%%*=^. BY THIRST. THERE ARE RUMORS THAT THIS .^=*%%@@@#
@%%%*==... LEAVES "GHOSTS", WHO WILL STILL SHARE ...==*%%%@
@@@@%%*=^. THEIR THOUGHTS LONG AFTER THEIR BODIES .^=*%%@@@@
#@@@%%*=^. ARE DEAD AND GONE. .^=*%%@@@#
@@%=...... ......=%@@
#@@@%%*=^. .^=*%%@@@#
@@@@%%*=^. .^=*%%@@@@
@@@@%%*=^. .^=*%%@@@@
#@@@%%*=^. .^=*%%@@@#
@%*^...... ......^*%@